It is January and so it is time to present the 2017 Group Build. I hopeyou are prepared and colours and brushes are in ready position for:

Bennos Figures Forum Great Miniature Figures Parade (BFFGMFP)

This year it is mainly the idea of

Bennos Figures Forum Famous Lovely Moderator Peter (BFFFLMP)

We have discussed it in Antwerpen at the Crisis last November and I think It is a very good idea.

Until June I would like to motivate you to assemble a big column of marching figures. All periods are allowed, of course. As a result we can build up a parade through all times.

The minimum for taking part is one single figure, but we all would appreciate a Big Column.

So I f you paint a little formation it would be great.

What else I would like to recommend: Not everybody should paint Nappy French Infantry or Confederate Infantry Marching. Take a unit from your country or your region and paint it: Napoleonic Baden Infantry, Scotsmen, Australians, Poles,Burgundian medieval footsoldiers, 7YW Austrian Grenadiers - whateveryou like most. British Paras are a good choice as well...

We have members here from all over the world so we can be very international. Here are examples for you:

The origin of all marching sets:

Caesar Egyptians:

Germania Figures:

Strelets:

LInear-A

Germania Figures:

Strelets:

Fredericus Rex / Valdemar:

Fredericus Rex / Valdemar:

KAMAR:

Zvezda:

Red Box:

IMEX/Revell/Accurate:

Red Box

Mars:

Fredericus Rex:

Hagen Miniatures:

Revell:

HäT

Franznap:

Waterloo1815:

Strelets

Imex

Revell / Accurate

Germania Figuren

EMHAR

Airfix:

A Call to Arms

HäT

Zvezda

Waterloo1815:

Germania:

Alex-Miniatures:

MM:

Dapol:

Airfix:

Alex-Miniatures:

These are examples of figures you can use. As you see there is no limit for your ideas. But the figures should march. So no cavalry and no cars or afv for example.

And let the show be more colourful:Include flagbearers and musicians. So your choosen country can be presented with it's colours.

Please send the figures without the individual foot-plate. I will base them.

If possible you should be ready at the beginning of may. I need a littletime to assemble everything. Like every year this will not be possible for a lot of guys but it would be great.

We will have three topics dealing with the BFFGMFP.

This is this topic for the general discussion and organisational questions.

I am counting on you and I think we can have a very impressive newpresentation in June at the FIGZ. And keep in mind: If you could notcome there personally, you can show you work this way. Maybe it will bealso presented somewhere else.

Hoho, three of the diehards are in. I was counting on you. So three hundred figures are in as well. Gunnar, I hope you will paint Swedish Infantry from Zvezda or HäT. A Blue/Yellow Troop. I am looking forward to see first pictures of Figures off-sprue...

Hmm, first I thought about ACW, but I do have an old competition-entry that needs a freshing up! Zvezda's Swedes for the Great Northern War. I'll see what I can do! But some (well, a lot) of my painting space will be occupied by plants soon so we'll see. Maybe there will be a tomato coming instead of figures.